Medlife Crisis (Rohin)
@medcrisis.bsky.social
Dr Rohin Francis. Consultant cardiologist with a sub-specialisation in useless videos, found on YouTube and Nebula. Less funny than placebo (p<0.05)
Dad, doctor, dork
Dad, doctor, dork
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How a quirk of human biology created the mafia
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis 2
youtu.be
🍋 New video! 🍋
Come take a walk with me through some Sicilian farmland and hear one of my favourite stories about how a ‘weakness’ of human evolution resulted the rise of the Cosa Nostra
(this is my second channel, you should subscribe to it to boost my ego)
youtu.be/7I9xL6Z4K5k?...
Come take a walk with me through some Sicilian farmland and hear one of my favourite stories about how a ‘weakness’ of human evolution resulted the rise of the Cosa Nostra
(this is my second channel, you should subscribe to it to boost my ego)
youtu.be/7I9xL6Z4K5k?...
This is *horrific* reading. Valid concerns about a super specialised field with complex ethics. Author makes a few leaps tho when comparing with other operations, but I am also reminded of massaged/false data in nascent transplant fields (trachea, head)
Then, the nightmare of US health. Horrifying.
Then, the nightmare of US health. Horrifying.
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is *horrific* reading. Valid concerns about a super specialised field with complex ethics. Author makes a few leaps tho when comparing with other operations, but I am also reminded of massaged/false data in nascent transplant fields (trachea, head)
Then, the nightmare of US health. Horrifying.
Then, the nightmare of US health. Horrifying.
Keep seeing this phrase that the liver is the only organ that can regenerate. My second favourite organ…but this ain’t right
I don’t often defend the garbage organ that is skin but this is 🙅🏽♂️ skin erasure
Most organs have SOME regenerative ability. The liver’s is crazy though, up to 70% regrowth
I don’t often defend the garbage organ that is skin but this is 🙅🏽♂️ skin erasure
Most organs have SOME regenerative ability. The liver’s is crazy though, up to 70% regrowth
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Keep seeing this phrase that the liver is the only organ that can regenerate. My second favourite organ…but this ain’t right
I don’t often defend the garbage organ that is skin but this is 🙅🏽♂️ skin erasure
Most organs have SOME regenerative ability. The liver’s is crazy though, up to 70% regrowth
I don’t often defend the garbage organ that is skin but this is 🙅🏽♂️ skin erasure
Most organs have SOME regenerative ability. The liver’s is crazy though, up to 70% regrowth
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Is there any object that has changed less in the last 4000 years than a gaming die? There's an astonishingly human and above all social story around that profound survival.
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Is there any object that has changed less in the last 4000 years than a gaming die? There's an astonishingly human and above all social story around that profound survival.
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Love it!
Here's some of my journalistic contributions during med school. (More than 1 person who came across that PfizerWorld "article" thought it was for real...)
Here's some of my journalistic contributions during med school. (More than 1 person who came across that PfizerWorld "article" thought it was for real...)
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Love it!
Here's some of my journalistic contributions during med school. (More than 1 person who came across that PfizerWorld "article" thought it was for real...)
Here's some of my journalistic contributions during med school. (More than 1 person who came across that PfizerWorld "article" thought it was for real...)
Found a bunch of old issues of a paper I used to edit and write for at medschool, good fun reading what nonsense I used to write. In fact, little has changed! Saying the same shit ~20yrs later. Ahead of Scrubs's return, here are some excerpts from a review of 2 NEW shows, House and Grey's Anatomy
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Found a bunch of old issues of a paper I used to edit and write for at medschool, good fun reading what nonsense I used to write. In fact, little has changed! Saying the same shit ~20yrs later. Ahead of Scrubs's return, here are some excerpts from a review of 2 NEW shows, House and Grey's Anatomy
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A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
Watched this soon after the brilliant BBC series I shared the other day, Once Upon a Time in Space, about the tumultuous 🇺🇸🇷🇺 space partnership. I do daydream about a world where 🇨🇳and🇮🇳 could achieve similar cooperation in space (obv China is way ahead). But Earth politics wins
youtu.be/BwAj396v0iw?...
youtu.be/BwAj396v0iw?...
How Did We Underestimate China's Tiangong This Badly?
YouTube video by Astrum
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Watched this soon after the brilliant BBC series I shared the other day, Once Upon a Time in Space, about the tumultuous 🇺🇸🇷🇺 space partnership. I do daydream about a world where 🇨🇳and🇮🇳 could achieve similar cooperation in space (obv China is way ahead). But Earth politics wins
youtu.be/BwAj396v0iw?...
youtu.be/BwAj396v0iw?...
I don’t really understand how the coding around links and search results and whatnot works but this is a very unfortunate juxtaposition of words
(The assault was committed in Canada, the perpetrator has been arrested)
(The assault was committed in Canada, the perpetrator has been arrested)
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I don’t really understand how the coding around links and search results and whatnot works but this is a very unfortunate juxtaposition of words
(The assault was committed in Canada, the perpetrator has been arrested)
(The assault was committed in Canada, the perpetrator has been arrested)
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I'm very frustrated by the rise in TRT. Of course testosterone "works". But, generally, in the way any other recreational drug "works". Most people don't have a genuine need, they just want an excuse to take anabolic steroids.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/25/o...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/25/o...
Testosterone made me feel 30 again — until it nearly broke my heart
After an M.D./Ph.D. started using testosterone, he felt incredible — until he realized his lab results showed something alarming.
www.statnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm very frustrated by the rise in TRT. Of course testosterone "works". But, generally, in the way any other recreational drug "works". Most people don't have a genuine need, they just want an excuse to take anabolic steroids.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/25/o...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/25/o...
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Hypothesis generation is an important part of science. Case reports like these warrant more research. Kudos to @medcrisis.bsky.social. The lack of sarcastic jokes shows the level of concern.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsK...
Testosterone Therapy and Heart Attacks
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hypothesis generation is an important part of science. Case reports like these warrant more research. Kudos to @medcrisis.bsky.social. The lack of sarcastic jokes shows the level of concern.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsK...
I posted a thread at the weekend about my concerns regarding men taking super-normal testosterone supplementation and cardiovascular risk. I thought it was important enough to make into a short vid:
nebula.tv/videos/medli...
nebula.tv/videos/medli...
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I posted a thread at the weekend about my concerns regarding men taking super-normal testosterone supplementation and cardiovascular risk. I thought it was important enough to make into a short vid:
nebula.tv/videos/medli...
nebula.tv/videos/medli...
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Cardiologist seeing young, fit men on TRT having massive heart attacks. Not proof, but... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsK... @medcrisis.bsky.social
Testosterone Therapy and Heart Attacks
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cardiologist seeing young, fit men on TRT having massive heart attacks. Not proof, but... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsK... @medcrisis.bsky.social
The article is worse than the headline suggests. I am trying to avoid American politics online but as the brother of someone like this, this story really upset me. The idea of him being separated from his mother for 54 days, seeing her only 3 times, facing emergency surgery alone, is heartbreaking
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The article is worse than the headline suggests. I am trying to avoid American politics online but as the brother of someone like this, this story really upset me. The idea of him being separated from his mother for 54 days, seeing her only 3 times, facing emergency surgery alone, is heartbreaking
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Also IC, and I see this too
was very surprised by data showing no link, but honestly didn't read the studies (just titles, lol)
Also do gen cards, and see a lot of "resistant" HTN in TRT
I'm ok with it if it gets T leves back to low-normal. But 60 yo aren't supposed to have same T level as 18 yo
was very surprised by data showing no link, but honestly didn't read the studies (just titles, lol)
Also do gen cards, and see a lot of "resistant" HTN in TRT
I'm ok with it if it gets T leves back to low-normal. But 60 yo aren't supposed to have same T level as 18 yo
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Also IC, and I see this too
was very surprised by data showing no link, but honestly didn't read the studies (just titles, lol)
Also do gen cards, and see a lot of "resistant" HTN in TRT
I'm ok with it if it gets T leves back to low-normal. But 60 yo aren't supposed to have same T level as 18 yo
was very surprised by data showing no link, but honestly didn't read the studies (just titles, lol)
Also do gen cards, and see a lot of "resistant" HTN in TRT
I'm ok with it if it gets T leves back to low-normal. But 60 yo aren't supposed to have same T level as 18 yo
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For women with medical needs, testosterone supplements, at sensible doses, can be invaluable. But for everyone else, this is another “hormone du jour” needlessly offered up by influencers, one doctor explains econ.st/48aEOiO
Illustration: Cristina Spanò
Illustration: Cristina Spanò
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For women with medical needs, testosterone supplements, at sensible doses, can be invaluable. But for everyone else, this is another “hormone du jour” needlessly offered up by influencers, one doctor explains econ.st/48aEOiO
Illustration: Cristina Spanò
Illustration: Cristina Spanò
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The RCTs have been mostly done in those with hypogonadism/low T levels and still resulted in high Hgb/erythrocytosis
It’s pretty plausible that that’s all needed - especially if they already have hypertension and start off with normal T level?
(one of those effects have need phase 4 studies for)
It’s pretty plausible that that’s all needed - especially if they already have hypertension and start off with normal T level?
(one of those effects have need phase 4 studies for)
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The RCTs have been mostly done in those with hypogonadism/low T levels and still resulted in high Hgb/erythrocytosis
It’s pretty plausible that that’s all needed - especially if they already have hypertension and start off with normal T level?
(one of those effects have need phase 4 studies for)
It’s pretty plausible that that’s all needed - especially if they already have hypertension and start off with normal T level?
(one of those effects have need phase 4 studies for)
Ah man. Adam Savage doing tourism ads for Abu Dhabi 😔
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ah man. Adam Savage doing tourism ads for Abu Dhabi 😔
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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Anyways it's unfortunately not going away. Same thing with people asking for cortisol/insulin/*insert lab test du jour on TikTok*
I try and educate as best I can but it's a constant thing nearly daily whether it's T or cortisol or whatnot.
I try and educate as best I can but it's a constant thing nearly daily whether it's T or cortisol or whatnot.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Anyways it's unfortunately not going away. Same thing with people asking for cortisol/insulin/*insert lab test du jour on TikTok*
I try and educate as best I can but it's a constant thing nearly daily whether it's T or cortisol or whatnot.
I try and educate as best I can but it's a constant thing nearly daily whether it's T or cortisol or whatnot.
I am encountering yet more men on testosterone having huge heart attacks. Bear in mind I’m only on call 1/12th of the time (ie my rota has 12 consultants) and yet I’ve now seen 5 men in the last couple of months who’ve had STEMIs in their 40s and 50s. All very fit and *externally* in great shape
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I am encountering yet more men on testosterone having huge heart attacks. Bear in mind I’m only on call 1/12th of the time (ie my rota has 12 consultants) and yet I’ve now seen 5 men in the last couple of months who’ve had STEMIs in their 40s and 50s. All very fit and *externally* in great shape
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No industry is perfect. But the imbalance is hard to miss. One sector must prove its products are safe & effective. The other profits by avoiding that responsibility. If we care about transparency and accountability, scrutiny shouldn’t be one-sided. (Source: For The Greater Glory of Science) #EpiSky
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
No industry is perfect. But the imbalance is hard to miss. One sector must prove its products are safe & effective. The other profits by avoiding that responsibility. If we care about transparency and accountability, scrutiny shouldn’t be one-sided. (Source: For The Greater Glory of Science) #EpiSky
Gee willickers I’m so excited about my trip to Perth! Third day ticket to the first Ashes match!!! This is the stuff of dreams, been looking forward to it for months
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Gee willickers I’m so excited about my trip to Perth! Third day ticket to the first Ashes match!!! This is the stuff of dreams, been looking forward to it for months
Everything about this whole press conference is just so entertaining. I was literally laughing out loud. And I can’t get enough of all the enemies to lovers memes. There are some Bollywood themed corkers on Instagram 😂
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Everything about this whole press conference is just so entertaining. I was literally laughing out loud. And I can’t get enough of all the enemies to lovers memes. There are some Bollywood themed corkers on Instagram 😂
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2ww rejected unless we get FBC, U&Es on everyone. And clarify if anybody in the centipede is on a DOAC or anti-platelet
Human centipede capsule endoscopy
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
2ww rejected unless we get FBC, U&Es on everyone. And clarify if anybody in the centipede is on a DOAC or anti-platelet
Human centipede capsule endoscopy
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Human centipede capsule endoscopy